Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GLM-4.5-Air leads with 18.6% higher average benchmark score. Granite 3.3 8B Base supports multimodal inputs. Overall, GLM-4.5-Air is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
Zhipu AI
GLM-4.5 Air was created as a lightweight variant of GLM-4.5, designed to provide strong bilingual capabilities with improved efficiency. Built to serve applications requiring practical deployment with reduced resource requirements, it extends GLM-4.5's multilingual strengths to resource-conscious scenarios.
IBM
Granite 3.3 8B Base was developed by IBM as an enterprise-focused foundation model, designed to provide a reliable starting point for business applications. Built with 8 billion parameters and trained on curated data, it serves as a foundation for domain-specific customization in enterprise contexts.
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Granite 3.3 8B Base
IBM
2025-04-16
GLM-4.5-Air
Zhipu AI
2025-07-28
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
GLM-4.5-Air

Granite 3.3 8B Base
Granite 3.3 8B Base
2024-04-01
Available providers and their performance metrics
GLM-4.5-Air

Granite 3.3 8B Base
GLM-4.5-Air

Granite 3.3 8B Base